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Piano so clean, it's never been through the air till you hear it!
HV Recording uses a combination of MIDI (Musical Instrument Device Interface) and direct to hard disk digital recording techniques to create its CDs.
Solo piano is recorded using MIDI. This is done on a special MIDI keyboard made by Ensoniq which contains a weighted piano action for the benefit of the pianist. Sequencing is done with CakeWalk for Windows. The recorded information consists of a data list, in the form of a MIDI file, containing a record of every key and pedal event during the performance.
Since a MIDI file contains no sound, just a record of the key and pedal presses, the sound must be recreated if you want to hear anything. This is done by using a sampler, which has a recording of every possible note sound. The samples used by HV Recording are digitally recorded from a variety of pianos: a Steinway, a Bechstein, and a Boesendoerfer. The result is a piano sound that is realer than life.
The last few HVR CDs have also contained 4 vocal tracks each. Vocals were recorded using a CAD E-200 microphone direct to hard disk with a Turtle Beach 56K recording system.
The final master mix is done using 2 computers, one for MIDI and the other playing the vocals. The 2 computers are synchronized with SMPTE. The mix goes to a DAT which functions as the CD master.
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